USA | Saturday, 15 Jan 2011 | Views [658]
It has been months since our last entry, but we haven't been idle. We rafted the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon in September and continued camping our way to California. We added Channel Islands to our list of National Parks and re-visited ... Read more >
ECUADOR | Thursday, 17 Jun 2010 | Views [659]
It could
have been worse. It was just ‘things’
after all. They are insured and no
one was hurt. But it was the icing
on the birthday cake, so to speak.
Yeah, today is my happy f-ing birthday, one we won’t soon forget.
We ... Read more >
ECUADOR | Saturday, 12 Jun 2010 | Views [793]
Imagine having 150 years of experience and not being able to 'do the deed' when everything is on the line. That's the way it is for 'Lonesome George,' the last of the line of Galapagos tortoises from Isla Pinto. He was found alone ... Read more >
ECUADOR | Friday, 11 Jun 2010 | Views [738]
Darwin was seasick on much of his Beagle voyage. Our trip was much more civilized although mal de mer was always a possibility. We soon
settled into the routine: wake up call at 6:30; breakfast at 7; island visit;
snorkel; lunch; siesta; snorkel;... Read more >
ECUADOR | Wednesday, 9 Jun 2010 | Views [754]
The
Galapagos consist of 12 main islands and about a dozen minor ones and each one
has multiple names; Santa Cruz is Indefatigable, San Salvador is Santiago and
Santa Maria is also known as Floreana or Charles. The islands are volcanic in
origin ... Read more >
ECUADOR | Monday, 7 Jun 2010 | Views [850]
There are 86 licensed tour ships in the
Galapagos. They range from economy
class up to luxury liners and carry from 10 to 100 passengers. A seven-day cruise can cost less than
$1000 or as much as $6000. All
seem to follow the same ... Read more >
ECUADOR | Thursday, 3 Jun 2010 | Photo Gallery
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ECUADOR | Wednesday, 2 Jun 2010 | Views [552]
Somehow Ecuador feels different from Peru. Maybe it is the weather here in the highlands. Or maybe it's the cleanliness of Cuenca. It could be using US dollars, the official currency of Ecuador, especially when you receive a handful of ... Read more >
ECUADOR | Tuesday, 1 Jun 2010 | Views [557]
Technically
Connie has been in Peru illegally since late April when her tourist visa
expired. When we arrived in
Peru I received a 90-day tourist card but hers was good only for 30 days. We were told we could settle up when we
were leaving ... Read more >
ECUADOR | Tuesday, 1 Jun 2010 | Photo Gallery
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PERU | Monday, 31 May 2010 | Views [861]
The
overnight bus from Chiclayo left nearly on time and we arrived in the dusty
town of Tumbes around seven on Sunday morning. We are just a few kilometers from the border with Ecuador
and this is our last stop in Peru.
The sole reason ... Read more >
PERU | Saturday, 29 May 2010 | Views [847]
Another bus
ride yesterday brought us to Chiclayo, three hours from Trujillo. For a city of 600,000 there isn’t much
to do if you aren’t interested in brujos ,
the witches and shamans that the city is known for. But it is a good base for ... Read more >
PERU | Wednesday, 26 May 2010 | Views [1069]
As we moved north from Lima we traveled back
in time with the cultures that pre-dated the Inca. A 9-hour bus ride took us to Trujillo, an oasis in the
coastal desert, and to the Moche culture from 200 AD. The Moche people constructed their ... Read more >
PERU | Tuesday, 25 May 2010 | Photo Gallery
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PERU | Monday, 24 May 2010 | Photo Gallery
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PERU | Sunday, 23 May 2010 | Views [651]
With over
600,000 people Iquitos is the largest city in the world not accessible by road,
Peru’s version of Juneau. It saw
its heyday in the early 1900s with the rubber boom but that ended when some
plants were smuggled to SE Asia where they ... Read more >
PERU | Friday, 21 May 2010 | Photo Gallery
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PERU | Friday, 21 May 2010 | Views [1038]
It rained
hard all night long but Moises thought we should still be able to see some
birds this morning. We towed two
small fiberglass canoes upstream to a beautiful lake and he was right. It was cool and cloudy and the birds
were very ... Read more >
PERU | Thursday, 20 May 2010 | Views [1274]
I wonder
exactly when the jungle became the rainforest. George of the Rainforest just doesn’t sound right. Nor does “It’s a rainforest out there.” But it’s not so bad to stay in a "rainforest" lodge and that’s ... Read more >
PERU | Sunday, 16 May 2010 | Views [930]
Laguna
Yarinacocha is much nicer when the sun is shining. We spend both Saturday and Sunday mornings cruising around in
Miguel’s peki-peki (the sound the
long-tail motor makes) looking for birds.
Miguel caught on quickly.
He slowed ... Read more >
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